Senator John McCain is guest blogging at the Captain’s Quarters. He pulls no punches about how things should be done, and how they’ve been done in the past.

Time for Decisive Action on North Korea

They have missiles, and now they claim to have tested a nuclear device. Eventually they will have the technology to put warheads on missiles. That is a grave threat to South Korea, Japan and the United States that we cannot under any circumstances accept. North Korea also has a record of transferring weapons technology to other rogue nations, such as Iran and Syria.

The President is right to call on the Council to impose a military arms embargo, financial and trade sanctions, and, most importantly, the right to interdict and inspect all cargo in and out of North Korea. I hope the Council quickly adopts these sanctions, and that all members enforce them.

Now, we must, at long last, stop reinforcing failure with failure.